$100k salary, packing up from Lakeland
changea dispatch from
huntsville
AL
34.73°N
86.59°W
Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.
the verdict
below Lakeland's monthly cost
On paper, Huntsville and Lakeland are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
25% cheaper than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)
5%
$417/mo more in state tax than Lakeland
vs 0% in Lakeland
$6,543/mo
$44 more than Lakeland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
5% more expensive than Lakeland
vs $301k in Lakeland
527k
vs 818k in Lakeland
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Lakeland gets 206 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
167% more happening than in Lakeland.
58/100
21% higher than Lakeland
vs 48/100 in Lakeland
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
6% higher than Lakeland
vs 66/100 in Lakeland
9
87% fewer than Lakeland
vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland
neighbors of huntsville on the map of tradeoffs:
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